Sale 785: Rare & Antiquarian: Fine Press, Fine Bindings, Illustrated Books, Science, Medicine & More (#785) 04/06/2023 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/06/2023 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 101-133 of 133. Previous|12|Next Lot #194 The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote in English 1742 Jarvis TranslationPublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published1742 Lot #200 The Artist: A Monthly Lady's Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineFashion magazine with early chromolithographyPublisherF. QuarréDate Published1843 Lot #204 Tipple and Snack: Good Things to Eat and Better Things to Drink View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cocktail Manuals)AuthorMason, DexterHeadlineTipple and Snack inscribed by Dexter MasonPublisherFarrar & RinehartDate Published1931 Lot #209 Vidyāpati: Bangīya padābali. Songs of the love of Rādhā and Krishna translated into English by Ananda Coomaraswamy and Arun Sen with introduction and notes and illustrations from Indian paintings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorCoomaraswamy, Ananda, translatorHeadlineIndian love songs trans. by CoomaraswamyPublisherThe Old Bourne PressDate Published1915 Lot #211 Danthe Alighieri Fiorentino historiado View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineExtensive Dante commentary w/ marginaliaPublisherPer Bartholomeo de Zanni da PorteseDate Published1507 Lot #232 La Céramique Moderne par Le Grand Dépot. Porcelaines, Faiences & Cristaux View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEnalt, LouisHeadlineWith chromolithographs by Charles VerneauDate Published1890 Lot #235 Two Ethiopian manuscript scrolls View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Ethiopia)Headline2 Ethiopian scrolls in Ge'ezDate Publishedc.19th century Lot #239 Oriental Collection View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Foliophiles)AuthorBrown, G.M.LHeadlineLeaves from eastern manuscripts and booksPublisherFoliophilesDate Published1928 Lot #243 Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFoster, Birket & Tom TaylorHeadlineBirket Foster's Pictures of English LandscapePublisherRoutledge, Warne, and RoutledgeDate Published[1863] Lot #245 The Tar-Baby and Other Rhymes of Uncle Remus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Frost, A.B., illustrator)AuthorHarris, Joel ChandlerHeadlineUncle Remus' Tar-Baby, First EditionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1904] Lot #246 Millions of Cats View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorGa'g, WandaHeadlineLimited edition signed by Wanda Ga'gPublisherCoward McCannDate Published1928 Lot #252 Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings by the Late John Kay, Miniature Painter, Edinburgh; with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Golf)AuthorKay, JohnHeadlineWith the famed “Cock of the Green” etchingPublisherHugh PatonDate Published1837-38 Lot #253 The Walt Disney Story of Our Friend The Atom View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHaber, HeinzHeadlineWalt Disney's Our Friend, The AtomPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1956 Lot #256 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby [bound with] His Odysseys Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's Homer translations with 73 platesPublisherJames FlesherDate Published[1669] Lot #262 Illustrations For Genji Monogatari in 54 Wood-Cut Prints View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Japan)AuthorMurasaki ShikibuHeadline54 full-color woodcuts for The Tale of GenjiPublisher[Nagai Times]Date Published1957 Lot #264 The Letters of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Johnson, Samuel)AuthorRedford, Bruce, editorHeadlineHyde Edition of the Letters of Samuel JohnsonPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published[1992-1994] Lot #274 Das Deutsche Bilderbuch No 2. Marienkind View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLefler, Heinrich and Josef UrbanHeadlineWith 8 chromolithographs by Lefler and UrbanPublisherJos. ScholzDate Published[c. 1904] Lot #278 Letter from King Louis XIV of France to captain of the Rouvroy cavalry regiment View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorLouis XIVHeadlineSigned by Louis XIVDate Published1678 Lot #285 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery Lane...Date Published1688 Lot #293 East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineIn the scarce original jacketPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1922] Lot #300 Constitusiones de la Sagrada Religion Bethlemitica View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Peru - Lima)Headline17th c. Bethlehemite manuscript compilationDate Publishedc.1711-1758 Lot #304 Henry VIII View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPollard, A.F.HeadlinePollard's Henry VIII limited editionPublisherGoupil & Co. / Scribner'sDate Published1902 Lot #313 Arthur Rackham: A Bibliography View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Rackham, Arthur)AuthorLatimore, Sarah Briggs & Grace Clark HaskellHeadlineArthur Rackham: A Bibliography Limited EditionPublisherSuttonhouseDate Published1936 Lot #314 Original model book with drawings of Abraham Rattner View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorRattner, AbrahamHeadlineMockup for book by Abraham RattnerDate Publishedc.1976 Lot #319 The Art of Jin Shangyi - A Full Record Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorShangyi, JinHeadlineSigned by artist Jin ShangyiPublisherJiangsu Fine Arts Publishing HouseDate Published2009 Lot #323 Trattato di Anatomia Pittorica View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSquanquerillo, ConstantinoHeadlineWith 62 full-page anatomical platesPublisherTipografia Delle Belle ArtiDate Published1841 Lot #324 Domestic Architecture. A Series of Views of Cottages and Farm Houses, in England and Wales, built chiefly during the dynasty of the House of Stuart. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Stevens, Francis, etcher)HeadlineWith 53 plates of Architectural viewsPublisherM.A. NattaliDate Published[c. 1850] Lot #331 The First World Flight: Being the personal narratives of Lowell Smith, Erik Nelson, Leigh Wade, Leslie Arnold, Henry Ogden, and John Harding. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorThomas, LowellHeadlineThe First World Flight by Lowell ThomasPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1925 Lot #332 Haunted London View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorThornbury, WalterHeadlineThornbury's Haunted London, extra illustratedPublisherHurst and Blackett, PublishersDate Published1865 Lot #333 Two Tibetan manuscripts View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Tibet)Headline2 South & East Asian mss., 1 illuminatedDate Publishedc.19th century? Lot #337 Three First editions of 1960s adaptations for Warren Chappell's music series View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike's adaptations of operas for childrenPublisherKnopfDate Published1962-1969 Lot #341 Ultimo, an imaginative narration of life under the earth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorVassos, John and RuthHeadlineVassos' Ultimo in original jacketPublisherE.P. DuttonDate Published1930 Lot #344 Collection of vodka labels from California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Vodka labels)HeadlineApprox. 175 lithographed Vodka labelsDate Published20th century Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next